LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
EQUALIZED EDUCATION FUNDING IMPACT STATEMENT
 
85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
March 7, 2017

TO:
Honorable Dan Huberty, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
 
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB811 by King, Ken (Relating to the extension of additional state aid for tax reduction provided to certain school districts.), As Introduced

The bill would extend the Additional State Aid for Tax Reduction (ASATR) mechanism through FY21.  More than 90 percent of the revenue anticipated to be distributed under the bill would flow to districts in the two highest quintiles of property wealth per weighted student.  The bill would provide revenue to approximately 15 percent of school districts statewide serving about 6 percent of the total number of students in average daily attendance.


Source Agencies:
LBB Staff:
UP, THo